Error installing on Mac -new user

[aaho]

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Error during installation

/tmp/home/root# curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

bash: syntax error: unexpected "("
curl: (23) Failed writing body (758 != 2759)

Debug Token:

Iam a novise who is trying to learn about this stuff, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[mibere]

You can‘t install Pi-hole on a Mac, macOS is not supported.

See here

Hardware/Software Requirements

This is a historical document and left for archival purposes. For up to date information please use https://docs.pi-hole.net/ --- OLD INFORMATION --- The Installer Our intelligent installer is tailored to installations at home and behind firewalls. If you are installing Pi-hole in an environment beyond that scope, you will need to take extra security measures when installing it. Hardware Pi-hole is very lightweight as it only handles DNS queries and returns a blank HTML file so it doesn't n…

[British_Bob]

Sorry, to clarify, I am using my Mac terminal window and accessing my ASUS RT-AC89U router on which I have a USB drive with a 1GB Ext2 partition. That is where the problem is arising, when I run this command there this is the error I am getting. Thank you. Apologies for the lack of information.

[mibere]

So your plan is to install Pi-hole on your router?

[British_Bob]

Yes Sir, that is what I am trying to do. I am running that command line like so

ASUSWRT-Merlin RT-AC86U 384.3-0 Tue Feb 13 21:10:35 UTC 2018
admin@RT-AC86U-48D8:/tmp/home/root# curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
bash: syntax error: unexpected "("
curl: (23) Failed writing body (758 != 2759)
admin@RT-AC86U-48D8:/tmp/home/root# bash: syntax error: unexpected "("
-sh: bash:: not found

[Mcat12]

See the hardware and software requirements. Pi-hole is not made to work on routers.